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Tanner (Emmett) Personal Papers
SDASM.SC.10182  
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
    Title: Emmett Tanner Personal Papers
    Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10182
    Physical Description: .4 Cubic Feet This is a one box collection with measurements 15 ¼ x 10 ½ x 5 inches. The collection contains newspaper clippings, patent documents, and drawings, certificates, photographs, and a photographic album. It also contains four panoramic photographs rolled up into scrolls.
    Date (bulk): bulk
    Abstract: Emmet Tanner enlisted in the Army at the start of World War I. In 1919, Tanner won the first transcontinental air race from San Francisco to New York City in a de Havilland plane (the first of the Western flyers to make the trip).

    Biographical / Historical

    Emmet Tanner enlisted in the Army at the start of World War I. In 1919, Tanner won the first transcontinental air race from San Francisco to New York City in a de Havilland plane (the first of the Western flyers to make the trip). Additionally, he piloted Lydia “Grandma” Kahl, in her eighties, making her the oldest woman to fly. He also holds a patent on a rotary gas engine which helped increase engine power for future aircraft.
    Emmett Tanner died as a result of an aircraft crash in the San Francisco bay on August 22, 1923.

    Scope and Contents

    This is a one box collection with measurements 15 ¼ x 10 ½ x 5 inches. The collection contains newspaper clippings, patent documents, and drawings, certificates, photographs, and a photographic album. It also contains four panoramic photographs rolled up into scrolls.

    Related Materials

    DH.4 Aircraft files. Transcontinental Record

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited
    De Havilland DH.4
    91st Aero Squadron
    Rockwell Field
    Tanner, Emmett